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Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Sōkō Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files (Japanese)
装甲騎兵ボトムズ ペールゼン・ファイルズ (Japanese)
Genres: science fiction
Themes: mecha, military
Plot Summary: In a prequel to the original series Chirico Cuvie is a VOTOMS pilot who has an extraordinarily high survival rate. Chrico is assigned to the new Barcoff Squad which is comprised soldiers with similarily high survival rates. The new team is an experiment by the head of the Melkian Department of Intelligence and sent on seemingly impossible missions. Which are meant to test the findings of the infamous Yoran Pailsen.
User Ratings: 74 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Very good: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Good: 29 votes (sub:28, dub:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 161 users, rank: #4316 (of 9758)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.135 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3489, rank: #3229 (of 9902)
Weighted mean: 7.125 (Good), rank: #3081 (of 9902) (seen all: 7.29 / seen some: 7.52 / won't finish: 5.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.178 (Good+), rank: #2674 (of 7492)
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2007-10-26
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Tetsu no Lullaby" by George Yanagi
Ending Theme:
"Bye-Bye Brother" by George Yanagi
Official website:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Armored Trooper Votoms - OVA Collection 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-05-14 (from $22.99)
    Armored Trooper Votoms - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-08-11 (from $155.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ryōsuke Takahashi
Series Composition: Sōji Yoshikawa
Storyboard: Ami Tomobuki (eps 3, 7)
Character Design: Norio Shioyama
Art Director: Shunsuke Suzuki
Chief Animation Director: Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara
Sound Director: Yasuo Uragami
Cgi Director: Hiroyuki Hatakeda

Background Art:
Dao Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Giang Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Hiroshi Igaki (Studio Easter)
Hoa Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Hue Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Huynh Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Kōta Takanashi (Studio Bihou)
Mai Thao (Studio Bihou)
Naoto Ozaki (Studio Bihou)
Phuoc Bui (Studio Bihou)
Shinya Mita (Studio Bihou)
Takamasa Honma (Studio Easter)
Takeshi Tsuji (Studio Bihou)
Thi Tran (Studio Bihou)
Tran Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Tran Van (Studio Bihou)
Trang Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Trung Tran (Studio Bihou)
Tsubasa Matsumoto (Studio Bihou)
Tuyet Nguyen (Studio Bihou)
Vu Diep (Studio Bihou)
Yasuyuki Yuzawa (Studio Fuga)
Yoichi Matsuyama (Studio Fuga)
Yoshinori Ogawa (Studio Bihou)
Yukiko Ono (Studio Fuga)
Yusuke Ikeda (Studio Bihou)
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Ending Illustrations: Masahiro Yoshihara
In-Between Animation:
Hiromi Masuko (ep 8)
Kazuhiro Kida (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Aki Yamagata (eps 7, 9)
Akira Matsui (eps 5, 8, 11)
Atsuhiko Hara (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 12
)

Ayumi Namiki (ep 7)
Chizuko Kusunoki (ep 3)
Fumio Fukushima (eps 7, 9)
Haruhiko Noda (eps 7, 9)
Hiromi Hirayama (ep 3)
Katsuyuki Tamura (ep 9)
Kenichi Tsuchiya (OP; eps 1, 6, 10)
Kiwako Sakano (OP; eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Kiyomi Miyakawa (eps 1-2)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 3)
Kōji Kase (ep 5)
Masakazu Kawazoe (eps 4, 10, 12)
Masaki Nakaya (eps 5, 8, 11)
Masayoshi Kikuchi (ep 3)
Mayumi Fujita (ep 3)
Mayumi Yamamoto (eps 7, 9)
Michiyo Sugawara (ep 3)
Mitsuteru Kubo (ep 3)
Naoko Saitō (eps 2, 6)
Norio Shioyama (eps 11-12)
Nozomu Fujii (ep 6)
Shingo Nishiyama (ep 3)
Shinji Matsuda (eps 2, 4, 12)
Shinji Nagata (eps 5, 8, 11)
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 3)
Takahiro Shikama (ep 11)
Takako Hasegawa (eps 7, 9)
Takaya Ono (ep 7)
Takeo Shudou (OP)
Takeshi Imai (ep 3)
Takurō Shimoji (eps 1-2, 4)
Takuya Suzuki (eps 5, 8, 11)
Tōru Arai (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 12
)

Toshihiro Nakajima (eps 5, 8, 11)
Tsutomu Ōno (ep 3)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (eps 7, 9)
Yoshiki Nozawa (ep 10)
Yoshinori Kitayama (eps 4, 10, 12)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 12)
Yuuko Ikezoe (ep 3)
Photography: Kentarō Takahashi (OP)
Sound Effects: Masahiro Shōji (Fizz Sound)
Theme Song Performance: George Yanagi
Hozumi Gōda as SgtMaj. Chirico Cuvie

Banjō Ginga as Kotta Ruske
Chikao Ohtsuka as Col. Yoran Pailsen
Hisao Egawa as SgtMaj. Gary Godan
Masahito Yabe as Cpl. Gerenborash Droka Zaki
Takashi Nagasako as SgtMaj. Nor Barcoff
Tetsuo Gotō as SgtMaj. Darè Kochak
Unshō Ishizuka as Fedok Wokkam

Banjō Ginga as Narration
Bin Sasaki as MP Commander (ep 5)
Dai Matsumoto as
Analyst A (eps 11-12)
Company Commander A (ep 4)
Macka (ep 3)
MP Captain (ep 6)
Secretary (ep 10)
Eiji Yanagisawa as
Guard A (ep 5)
Orderly (ep 2)
Soldier A (ep 4)
Hajime Koseki as Staff A (ep 11)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Lt. Col. Managal (ep 8)
Junichi Sugawara as
Analyst B (eps 11-12)
Officer (ep 2)
Jūrōta Kosugi as Fuller (eps 2, 4-6)
Kaneomi Oya as Yugunt (eps 2, 4-6)
Katsuhisa Hōki as
Committee (ep 10)
Judge (ep 1)
Katsumi Toriumi as
Balarant Soldier (ep 9)
Company Commander C (ep 4)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Owen (eps 3-4)
Kazuo Oka as Surgeon (ep 2)
Kenichi Morozumi as Dr. Menken
Kinryuu Arimoto as Greyson (ep 7)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as
Operations Commander (ep 3)
Secretary (ep 10)
Kōji Ishii as Balaclava Soldier (ep 6)
Kōzō Mito as
DoD Analyst B (ep 11)
Secretary (eps 10, 12)
Masaaki Tsukada as MajGen Larkinson (eps 1, 10-12)
Masashi Hirose as Wapp
Masato Funaki as Pilot (ep 3)
Minoru Inaba as Prosecutor (ep 1)
Mitsuaki Madono as Basco (ep 8)
Natsuo Tokuhiro as Col. Logwood (ep 8)
Ryūji Nakagi as Chairman (ep 10)
Ryūzō Hasuike as
Company Commander B (ep 4)
DoD Analyst A (ep 11)
MP (eps 5-6)
Secretary B (ep 12)
Soldier (ep 1)
Shigeru Shibuya as
Personnel Officer (ep 2)
Radio Operator (ep 3)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Company Commander (ep 1)
Shiro Gou as
Purification Committee (ep 8)
SecDef General Noidot (eps 1, 10)
Shirō Saitō as Naraya (ep 1)
Shōzō Iizuka as Major Caskes (eps 3-4)
Takehito Koyasu as Shokit (ep 7)
Takeshi Watabe as CSA General Nehalco (eps 1, 10-12)
Tohru Furusawa as Staff B (ep 11)
Toshirō Ishii as MP Communications (ep 6)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Secretary (ep 10)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Lt. Nom (ep 8)
Yousuke Akimoto as Committee (ep 10)
Yukitoshi Hori as Sniper (ep 7)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield
Toru Iwakami

Art Manager: Larry Koteff
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Joel McCray (OVA Collection 1 & Complete Collection)
Ryan Anthony (Complete Collection)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz
Subtitling: Neal Barnes
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Maiden Japan

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